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AK-95 Murzim

Flag Hoist/International Radio Call Sign:
November - Juliet - Golf - Sierra

USS Murzim (AK-95) was manned by the US Coast Guard during World War II
Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons


Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - American Campaign Medal Bottom Row - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal (1) - World War II Victory Medal - Philippines Liberation Medal (1)
Crater Class Cargo Ship:
  • Laid down, 10 July 1942, as SS Brigham Young, a Maritime Commission type (EC2-S-C1) hull, under Maritime Commission contract (MCE hull 633) at California Shipbuilding Corp., Wilmington, CA.
  • Launched, 17 August 1942
  • Acquired by the US Navy, 8 April 1943
  • Converted for Naval Service at Los Angeles Shipbuilding & Drydock Corp., Los Angeles, CA.
  • Commissioned, USS Murzim (AK-95), 14 May 1943, at Los Angeles, CA., LT. J. E. King, USCGR, in command
  • During World War II Murzim was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater and participated in the following campaign:
  • Decommissioned, 7 June 1946, at Pearl Harbor, T.H.
  • Struck from the Naval Register, 23 June 1947
  • Delivered to the Maritime Commission, 5 August 1947, for lay up in the National Defense Reserve Fleet, Suisun Bay, Benecia, CA.
  • Final Disposition, 19 March 1973, sold for foreign scrapping to Nicolai Jeffe Corp., physically withdrawn from the reserve fleet, 27 July 1973
  • Murzim received one battle star for World War II service.

    Specifications: Specifications:
    Displacement 4,023 t. (lt) 11,565 t.(fl)
    Length 441' 6"
    Beam 56' 11"
    Draft 28' 4"
    Speed 12 kts.
    Complement 198
    Armament
    one 5"/38 dual purpose gun mount
    one 3"/50 dual purpose gun mount
    two single 40mm AA gun mounts
    six single 20mm AA gun mounts
    Propulsion reciprocating steam engine, single shaft, 1,950shp
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    Murzim 330k Murzim (AK-95) full crew photo, date and location unknown
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    Murzim 246k Murzim (AK-95) partial crew photo, date and location unknown
    US Coast Guard photo    		 US Coast Guard Historians Office
    Murzim 230k Murzim (AK-95) partial crew photo, date and location unknown
    US Coast Guard photo    		 US Coast Guard Historians Office
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    DANFS history entry located at the US Naval Historical Center
    Crew Contact And Reunion Information
    U.S.Navy Memorial Foundation
    Fleet Reserve Association
    Additional Resources and Web Sites of Interest
    U.S. Coast Guard Historian's Office - USS Murzim AK-95
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